Do they get to hang them if they want??? S I C K !!!
I get the sarcasm, a 'joke' if you will, but despite my misgivings on the topic and the replies it will generate, an anecdote (true story):
On 1/1/92, a family friend found his son hanging from the upstairs railing. He was dead, having used an electrical cord which acted like a garotte and resulted in an incredibly bloody mess.
The deceased was my best friend who'd been suffering from medically induced depression (from service-related post-injury pain). The family friend who found him: His father.
Years later, my best friend's brother cared for their father throughout 18 months of pancreatic cancer, feeding him, bathing him, being his nurse...until he finally passed in his sleep. His final 2 months delivered incredible pain for which the meds at the time were grossly ineffective.
In the ensuing years I've learned 3rd hand how family members have discovered their loved ones in their favorite easy chair, firearm on the floor and their brains either on the wall or the ceiling, some with slit wrists in the bathtub.
I've had friends in law enforcement having performed welfare checks and discovered bodies in all manner of horrible, self-inflicted deaths, including intentional overdose (which is NOT 'clean' despite what some may believe).
Cinema does the graphic display of self-induced death - "suicide" - justice in art - ahem - but fails with the human factor which simply cannot be projected upon a screen.
Personally, I refuse to let EITHER side make a very personal matter to anyone who happens to be in such a position become a political punching bag just because the idea originated in leftist Canada (which I do NOT agree with how they are either delivering medical care nor their 'MAiD' program) and is now poised to become lawful in the subject state. Despite our religious upbringing, both my sister and I share the same view, that life is not so precious to endure unneeded suffering. In fact, we both basically share the same advance directive. Mine: "If I can't feed myself, communicate and wipe my own backside, put a pillow over my face."
Should I ever be in a position of terminal illness, I cannot predict my decision(s) but maintain my right to all options. Mandating that an MD violate his 'do no harm' oath is simply asinine and, frankly, unethical. If opposition cites this as a so-called 'slippery slope,' then we as Conservatives collectively FAILED at the slippery LANDSLIDE of COVID lockdowns which are assured to return. I am unaware of the language of this bill, but public debate on the topic should remain open, not closed due strictly to ideology. This is a personal choice matter, FAR removed from the matter of abortion.
If, for no other reason, that supporting giving people in impossible, terminal health positions both a dignified choice and one which saves family the trauma of discovery puts me at odds with other Conservatives, so be it:
I already wear a backplate.